HMNZS Hautapu
HMNZS Hautapu | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | |
| Name | Hautapu |
| Builder | Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers |
| Launched | 20 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: T26/T340 |
| Fate | Sunk at Shelly Bay in 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Castle-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 625 tons |
| Length | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw, triple reciprocating engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
HMNZS Hautapu was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class trawlers built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II.